In the wake of missing one 'Renaissance' Visit show, Jon Hetherington saw the whiz in Arlington, Texas on Thursday.
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The BeyHive got in "line" and ensured one Beyoncé fan didn't pass up seeing the Renaissance Visit.
After Jon Hetherington, 34, shared a TikTok saying he couldn't load onto his trip to see the whiz, 42, in Seattle since he was informed the carrier couldn't oblige his wheelchair, individual Sovereign Bey fans attempted to get him to another show. On Thursday, the BeyHive's diligent effort paid off and, as well as seeing the show in Arlington, Texas, he met the "Break My Spirit" craftsman and her mom Tina Knowles.
Hetherington, who The New York Times reports has cerebral paralysis, shared what a unimaginable encounter he had on Instagram by posting a photograph of himself favoring the floor of AT&T Arena. "Beyhive, you got this going, you pushed and labeled such that the web will never see again," the music fan wrote in the subtitle. "This evening, unexpectedly, I sat down on the floor for a show."
He additionally thought about the late activists Marsha P. Johnson, James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin, as well as O'Shae Sibley, who was killed at age 28 in a disdain wrongdoing while at the same time vogueing to Beyoncé's music recently. He expressed, "For the past, for Marsha, James, and Bayard. For the present, for O'Shae. For the people who are becoming in a period that presently can't seem to exist. We celebrated, we sang, we moved… HARD."
Afterward, Hertherington uncovered he met Sovereign Bey herself and her mom, 69, at the show on Instagram. He shared a selfie with himself and Knowles, offering his thanks to the mother-girl pair in the subtitle.
"Genuinely a distinction to meet you, @mstinaknowles! Much obliged to you for everything that you've accomplished and given the world. We're so thankful," he said.
While Hetherington made sense of that he might want to keep his discussion with the Grammy champ among them, he implied the extraordinary second they shared. He added, "To the Sovereign herself, @beyonce, I will prize those words you said and the embraces you gave. I stood by absolutely every word I said."
In his original TikTok, Hetherington spoke about the challenges he experienced at the airport. “Got to the airport to take my flight and they tell me that my chair is apparently four inches too tall to be loaded onto the plane, so they checked every possible flight, every airline and nothing was available,” he said. “So after 25 years of waiting, I’m not seeing Beyoncé tonight. Ableism strikes again.” According to The Times, after fans tagged the singer and her management across social media, one of her representatives reached out to Hetherington and arranged for his travels to the concert. The music fan, who has also seen Lady Gaga and Janelle Monáe live, opened up to the publication about how he considers ableism a “systemic issue.” “We have not built our society or this country in a way that is fully inclusive,” Hetherington told the Times. “Day to day, [people with disabilities are] kind of ignored and invisible.” When sharing the article on social media, he spoke out about how he wants to use his platform. He wrote, “This may be the only time the nation hears my voice and knows my name. I have something to say. I hope you’ll listen and join me in the work.” Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour kicked off with a string of European dates in May and began its North American leg in July. The epic, two-and-a-half-hour show has been called a love letter to Black queer people.